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2017B

NOIRLab TAC Results and Statistics 2017B

NOAO Proposal Statistics by Telescope and Instrument for 2017B

The following tables list 2017B proposal request statistics for telescopes and instruments in the US ground-based observing system coordinated by NOAO. Only the 296 new proposals submitted to the 2017B NOAO TAC are included here (not Surveys, NASA GO programs, or ongoing long-term programs).

 

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
CT-4m   30   38   85.5   30.5   36 2.2
    ARCoIRIS     5     5   12.6     0.0     0 2.5
    COSMOS     3     3     8.0     4.0   50 2.7
    DECam   22   30   64.9   26.5   41 2.2
 
SOAR   23   30   86.3   25.0   29 2.9
    Goodman   17   24   68.3   21.0   31 2.8
    HRCam     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    SAMI     2     2     6.0     0.0     0 3.0
    SOI     1     1     4.0     4.0 100 4.0
    Spartan     2     2     6.0     0.0     0 3.0
 
CT-1.3m     5     5     6.0     0.0     0 1.2
    ANDI     5     5     6.0     0.0     0 1.2
 
CT-0.9m     5     5   42.0   10.0   24 8.4
    CFIM     5     5   42.0   10.0   24 8.4
 
 

Kitt Peak National Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
KP-4m   14   19   39.1   28.3   72 2.1
    KOSMOS     5     5   14.6   11.0   75 2.9
    MOSA3     9   14   24.5   17.3   71 1.8
 
WIYN   26   30 103.0   15.0   15 3.4
    HEXPK     1     1     3.0     0.0     0 3.0
    HYDR   11   13   39.5   12.0   30 3.0
    NESSI     5     6   20.8     0.0     0 3.5
    ODI     5     5   11.7     0.0     0 2.3
    SPSPK     2     2     6.0     3.0   50 3.0
    WHIRC     3     3   22.0     0.0     0 7.3
 
KP-0.9m     5     6   34.0   20.0   59 5.7
    HDI     5     6   34.0   20.0   59 5.7
 
 

Gemini North
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
GEM-N   99 133 141.0   25.7   18 1.1
    DSSI     3     3     2.5     0.0     0 0.8
    GMOSN   41   55   56.0   16.8   30 1.0
    GNIRS   20   20   27.7     0.0     0 1.4
    GRACES   12   12   19.7     1.9     9 1.6
    HSC     4     4     8.0     7.0   88 2.0
    IRCS     1     1     0.6     0.0     0 0.6
    NIFS     5     9     8.9     0.0     0 1.0
    NIRI   14   19     5.3     0.0     0 0.3
    POLISH2     7     8   11.7     0.0     0 1.5
    SCExAO     1     2     0.5     0.0     0 0.2
 
 

Gemini South
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
GEM-S   69 106   89.9   26.6   30 0.8
    DSSI     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    Flamingos2   13   22     7.7     0.0     0 0.3
    GMOSS   46   62   65.2   26.2   40 1.1
    GPI     5     5     3.4     0.4   12 0.7
    GSAOI     6     7     3.0     0.0     0 0.4
    PHNX     6     9     8.6     0.0     0 1.0
 
 

Large Binocular Telescope
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
LBT     9   19   13.0     4.5   35 0.7
    LBC     3     6     4.0     1.0   25 0.7
    LUCI     3     8     2.0     0.0     0 0.2
    MODS     3     5     7.0     3.5   50 1.4
 
 

Siding Spring Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
AAT     2     2     8.0     3.0   38 4.0
    AAOmega     1     1     3.0     3.0 100 3.0
    UCLES     1     1     5.0     0.0     0 5.0
 
 

Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
LCO-2m   14   16   38.7   13.4   35 2.4
    FLOYDS     9     9   15.7     2.8   18 1.7
    Spectral     6     7   23.0   10.6   46 3.3
 
LCO-1m   22   36 249.5   19.0     8 6.9
    NRES     8   10   24.7     0.0     0 2.5
    Sinistro   16   26 224.8   19.0     8 8.6
 
 

CHARA
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
CHARA   13   21   34.8     0.0     0 1.7
    Classic     3     5   11.0     0.0     0 2.2
    Climb     3     8     7.5     0.0     0 0.9
    JouFLU     1     1     1.5     0.0     0 1.5
    MIRC     3     4   10.0     0.0     0 2.5
    VEGA     3     3     4.8     0.0     0 1.6
 

 

NOAO Approved Programs for 2017B

Approved NOAO Survey Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Schlegel, David Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The DECam Legacy Survey of the SDSS Equatorial Sky 2014B-0404 CTIO 4m 15

 

 

Approved Chandra Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Grosso, Nicolas Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg Definitive X-Ray Detection of the Class 0 Protostar HOPS 383 2016B-0930 CTIO SOAR 0.5

 

 

Approved Fermi Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Bailyn, Charles Yale University Smarts Optical and Infrared Monitoring of Fermi Lat Blazars 2016B-0902 CTIO 1.3m 2.5
Marchesi, Stefano Clemson University Full 3D Mapping and identification of the >10 GEV Extragalactic Sky 2017B-3001 KPNO 4m 6
Massaro, Francesco Universita degli Studi di Torino Continuing the optical spectroscopic campaign of the Gamma-Ray Blazar candidates 2016B-0901 CTIO 4m 2
Massaro, Francesco Universita degli Studi di Torino Continuing the optical spectroscopic campaign of the Gamma-Ray Blazar candidates 2016B-0901 CTIO SOAR 3

 

 

Approved Long Term Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Bailyn, Charles Yale University Black Hole Binary Systems in Quiescence 2017B-0050 LCO 1m 2.37
Burgasser, Adam University of California, San Diego Mass Measurements Across the Hydrogen Burning Limit: Astrometric Orbits for Spectral Binaries 2016B-0115 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.13
Burgasser, Adam University of California, San Diego Mass Measurements Across the Hydrogen Burning Limit: Astrometric Orbits for Spectral Binaries (Northern Sample) 2017A-0141 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.15
Howell, Steve NASA Ames Research Center K2 Exoplanet Candidates: Small Planet Validation and Host Star Binarity 2017A-0006 KPNO WIYNQ 4
Messineo, Maria University of Science & Technology of China Infrared photometric monitoring of Galactic red supergiants 2016B-0106 CTIO 1.3m 6.8
Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey (MANOS) 2017B-0111 CTIO SOAR 5
Richardson, Noel University of Toledo Weighing Evolved Massive Stars in Binary systems with Interferometry 2017B-0088 MtWilson CHARA 2
Treu, Tommaso University of California, Los Angeles A reverberation mapping black hole mass measurement at z=2.82 2017A-0190 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.8

 

Approved Regular Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Allers, Katelyn Bucknell University Spectroscopic Rotational Velocities of Exoplanet Analogs 2017B-0283 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.76
Antoniou, Vallia Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Insights into High-Mass X-ray Binaries: Bridging the metallicity gap 2017B-0223 CTIO SOAR 3
Asa'D, Randa American University of Sharjah Chemical Enrichment History of the LMC Traced by its Star Clusters 2017B-0310 CTIO SOAR 3
Bahramian, Arash Michigan State University Determining the nature of donor stars in sub-luminous transient X-ray binaries 2017B-0244 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.48
Baines, Ellyn Naval Research Laboratory Measuring Candidate Exoplanet Host Star Radii 2017B-0108 MtWilson CHARA 2.5
Baker, Andrew Rutgers University Redshifts in the LADUMA Field to z ~ 0.6 2017B-0331 SSO AAT 5
Banados, Eduardo Carnegie Institution of Washington The Gemini North search for the first QSOs 2017B-0246 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.55
Barkhouse, Wayne University of North Dakota Probing Star Formation in Cluster Galaxies using Deep U-band Imaging 2017B-0068 KPNO 0.9m 4
Barkhouse, Wayne University of North Dakota Uncovering Star Formation from the Galaxy Cluster Core to the Infall Region 2017B-0103 CTIO 4m 2
Battisti, Andrew University of Massachusetts, Amherst Sweeping Away the Dust: Understanding Attenuation up to the Peak of Cosmic Star Formation 2017B-0298 KPNO WIYN 2.5
Beatty, Thomas Pennsylvania State University Eclipse and Transmission Spectra of WASP-12b 2017B-0357 LBT LBT-SVC 1
Bechtol, Keith Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Revealing the Sources of High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos 2017B-0239 CTIO 4m 1
Bechtol, Keith Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Revealing the Sources of High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos 2017B-0239 CTIO 4m-TOO  
Bechtol, Keith Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Revealing the Sources of High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos 2017B-0243 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.7
Bentz, Misty Georgia State University Reverberation Mapping of the Nearby Seyfert NGC3783 2017B-0042 LCO 1m 1.58
Bentz, Misty Georgia State University Reverberation Mapping of the Nearby Seyfert NGC3783 2017B-0042 LCO 2m 2.99
Berg, Danielle University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Physical Conditions in a Very Metal-Poor Starburst Galaxy at z=1.85 2017B-0362 LBT LBT-SVC 0.5
Berger, Edo Harvard University DECam Follow-Up of Advanced LIGO/Virgo Observing Run 2 2017B-0110 CTIO 4m-TOO  
Bezanson, Rachel Princeton University The Morphological Transformation as Revealed by Age Gradients and Rotational Support in Post-starburst Galaxies at z~0.6 2017B-0274 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.348
Bezanson, Rachel Princeton University The Morphological Transformation as Revealed by Age Gradients and Rotational Support in Post-starburst Galaxies at z~0.6 2017B-0274 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.832
Bodewits, Dennis University of Maryland Monitoring of comet 41P for activity trends and outburst 2017B-0016 LCO 1m 14.36
Bouy, Herve University of Bordeaux Complementing Gaia from the ground: the COSMIC-DANCE survey 2017B-0078 CTIO 4m 2
Bright, Stacey Newbold Space Telescope Science Institute Establishing the Next Generation of Absolute Flux Calibrators: Looking Beyond Vega 2017B-0241 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 2.19
Brittain, Sean Clemson University The Search for Forming Planets in Transition Disks 2017B-0205 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 1.13 (DD)
Canning, Rebecca Stanford University The role of environment in triggering/quenching X-ray AGN. 2017B-0308 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.77
Carlin, Jeffrey Large Synoptic Survey Telescope The Stellar Halos and Dwarf Satellites of LMC-mass Analogs 2017B-0186 GEM-N GEM-N 2
Carlin, Jeffrey Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Mapping the Edge of the Milky Way with RR Lyrae 2017B-0253 CTIO 4m 1
Carlin, Jeffrey Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Recreating the chemical evolution of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal from its tidal debris 2017B-0258 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 1.56
Chapman, Scott Dalhousie University Optical followup of the SPT2349-56 protocluster at z=4.3 2017B-0207 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.04
Chick, William University of Wyoming Characterization of Bowshock Supporting Massive Runaway Stars 2017B-0342 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.16
Chornock, Ryan Ohio University Confirmation of Optical Counterparts to LIGO/Virgo Sources Found with DECam 2017B-0167 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.78
Ciardi, David Caltech/IPAC-NExScI Understanding the Stellar Multiplicity of Exoplanet Direct Imaging Targets: Preparing NASA for WFIRST 2017B-0226 KPNO WIYNQ 4
Cobb, Bethany George Washington University Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS 2017B-0160 CTIO 1.3m 1.5
Colon, Knicole NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Characterizing K2 Exoplanets with High-Precision Near-Infrared Transit Photometry 2017B-0221 KPNO WIYN 6
Conn, Blair Australian National University A Census of Satellites: Morphology, Metallicity and Mass Segregation in the newest MW Satellites 2017B-0177 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.55
Cucchiara, Antonino University of the Virgin Islands Searching for the first stars ``around the clock'' 2017B-0040 LCO 1m-TOO  
Cucchiara, Antonino University of the Virgin Islands Searching for the first stars ``around the clock'' 2017B-0040 LCO 2m-TOO  
Cucchiara, Antonino University of the Virgin Islands High-Redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts as Probes of Cosmic Dawn 2017B-0157 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.923
Cucchiara, Antonino University of the Virgin Islands High-Redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts as Probes of Cosmic Dawn 2017B-0157 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.577
Decleir, Marjorie Ghent University Optical ugriz mapping of SINGS/KINGFISH galaxies 2017B-0327 CTIO 0.9m 3
Decleir, Marjorie Ghent University Optical ugriz mapping of SINGS/KINGFISH galaxies 2017B-0327 KPNO 0.9m 3
Dolch, Timothy Hillsdale College An KPNO H(alpha) Search for Radio Pulsar Bow-Shock Nebula 2017B-0333 KPNO 4m 2
Douglas, Stephanie Columbia University Constraining magnetic variability in the planet-hosting cluster Praesepe with simultaneous K2 and Hydra observations 2017B-0249 KPNO WIYN 4
D’Andrea, Chris University of Pennsylvania Constraining Progenitor Models for High-z Superluminous Supernovae in DES 2017B-0287 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.32
Esplin, Taran Pennsylvania State University Measuring the Substellar IMF in Taurus 2017B-0074 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2
Fan, Xiaohui University of Arizona Near-IR Spectroscopic Observations of Two Newly Discovered Luminous Quasars at z>6.5 2017B-0142 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.42
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz The Next Generation Low-z Type Ia Supernova Sample for Cosmology 2017B-0058 LCO 2m 1.45
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz The Next Generation Low-z Type Ia Supernova Sample for Cosmology 2017B-0169 KPNO 4m 5.5
Fong, Wen-fai University of Arizona Probing the Properties of Compact Object Mergers: Rapid Observations of Short Gamma-ray Bursts 2017B-0130 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.49
Fontanive, Clemence Royal Observatory Edinburgh and ATC A Targeted Search for Wide Companions as a Test of Gravitational Instability 2017B-0162 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.44
Gerard, Benjamin University of Victoria Shedding Light on the Nature of Proposed Protoplanets Around LkCa 15 2017B-0210 GEM-N GEM-N 0.5
Gizis, John University of Delaware Dust Clouds and Aurora in Ultracool Dwarfs: A K2 and Gemini Campaign 2017B-0305 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.75
Glikman, Eilat Middlebury College Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg: Finding Red Quasars in Deep Infrared Imaging over the 115 deg2 of Stripe 82 2017B-0168 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.59
Gomez, Sebastian Harvard University Spectroscopy of a likely new black hole X-ray binary and Cygnus X-1 progenitor 2017B-0057 LCO 1m 1
Green, Paul Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Changing-Look Quasars: Radical Changes in Accretion Rate? 2017A-0198 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5
Green, Paul Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Changing-Look Quasars: Radical Changes in Accretion Rate? 2017A-0198 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.5
Hamilton, Catrina Dickinson College Photometery of Nine Eclipsing Binaries in the Field of NGC 2362 2017B-0318 CTIO 1.3m 2.93
Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin University of Toledo Planet Occurrence Around Mid-Type M Dwarfs in the Kepler Field 2017B-0095 KPNO WIYN 7
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Confirming and Characterizing Transiting Planets from HATNet and HATSouth with LCOGT 2017B-0039 LCO 1m 30
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Follow-up Observations of HATNet Transiting Planet Candidates with WIYN/WHIRC 2017B-0171 KPNO WIYN 4.5
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Follow-up Observations of HATNet Transiting Planet Candidates with WIYN/NESSI 2017B-0194 KPNO WIYNQ 4
Herbst, William Wesleyan University Monitoring and Modeling the Proto-Tatooine System KH 15D 2017B-0150 CTIO 1.3m 2
Hernandez-Sant, Juan University of Amsterdam Time-resolved photometry of sub-luminous X-ray binaries 2017B-0051 LCO 2m 1.6
Holberg, Jay University of Arizona Spectroscopic characterisation of Kepler 2 White Dwarfs 2017B-0184 KPNO 4m 3
Howell, D. Andrew Las Cumbres Observatory Probing Supernova Progenitors from the Global Supernova Project 2017B-0328 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.1
Howell, D. Andrew Las Cumbres Observatory Probing Supernova Progenitors from the Global Supernova Project 2017B-0328 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.1
Huitson, Catherine University of Colorado Monitoring Stellar Activity for Exoplanet Hosts: Essential Support for a Gemini Survey Program 2017B-0046 LCO 1m 2.5
Jeffries, Robin Keele University The Lithium Rotation Radius-Inflation Connection in Messier 35 2017B-0281 KPNO WIYN 6
Jencson, Jacob California Institute of Technology Confirming Obscured Supernova Candidates with Gemini 2017B-0314 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.37
Jencson, Jacob California Institute of Technology Confirming Obscured Supernova Candidates with Gemini 2017B-0314 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.37
Jensen-Clem, Rebecca California Institute of Technology The detection of polarized radiation from brown dwarf companions to nearby main sequence stars 2017B-0271 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.95
Jensen-Clem, Rebecca California Institute of Technology The first detection of polarized radiation from exoplanets: HR8799cd 2017B-0273 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.47
Jethwa, Prashin IoA, Univ. of Cambridge Probing Dark Matter Substructure and the LMC Mass with Jet 1: a new cold stellar stream 2017B-0163 CTIO 4m 0.5
Jewitt, David University of California, Los Angeles Astrometry of Comets 2017B-0240 KPNO 0.9m 6
Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University Spectroscopy of Type Iax Supernovae 2017B-0120 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.44
Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University Spectroscopy of Type Iax Supernovae 2017B-0120 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.251
Kaminski, Adrian Landesstarnwarte Konigstuhl, ZAH Stellar Radii of M-dwarfs 2017B-0225 MtWilson CHARA 4
Karnath, Nicole University of Toledo GNIRS Spectroscopy of Orion Protostars: Placing Constraints on the Initial Conditions of Pre-Main Sequence Contraction and the Ages of Young Stellar Populations 2017B-0290 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.84
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma The ELM Survey South 2017B-0173 CTIO SOAR 5
Kilpatrick, Charles University of California, Santa Cruz Constraining Supernova Progenitor Systems with the LCO Global Telescope Network 2017B-0056 LCO 1m 0.45
Kilpatrick, Charles University of California, Santa Cruz Constraining Supernova Progenitor Systems with the LCO Global Telescope Network 2017B-0056 LCO 2m 0.27
Koekemoer, Anton Space Telescope Science Institute Superluminous Supernovae in the Epoch of Reionization 2017B-0199 CTIO 4m 3
Koerner, David Northern Arizona University Rotation Periods of Quiescent Sun-like Stars 2017B-0060 LCO 1m 3.1
Kotulla, Ralf University of Wisconsin, Madison Exploring the (extra-)galactic background along lines-of-sight to nearby exoplanet host star candidates. 2017B-0114 KPNO WIYN 5.5
Kronberger, Matthias EBG MedAustron GmbH Imagery and Spectroscopy of True and Candidate Planetary Nebulae within Kepler K2 Campaign 2, 7 and 11 fields 2017B-0137 KPNO 4m 4
Laycock, Silas University of Massachusetts, Lowell Blue Supergiant X-ray Binaries in our Nearest Starburst Galaxy 2017B-0214 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.32
Lee-Brown, Donald University of Kansas The Lithium Plateau in Metal-Rich Stars 2017B-0248 KPNO WIYN 1.5
Lee, Kyoung-Soo Purdue University The Origin and Fate of Ly(alpha) Photons at High Redshift 2017B-0087 KPNO 4m 3
Lee, Chien-Hsiu Subaru Telescope RR Lyrae in M33 2017B-0358 LBT LBT-SVC 2
Leutenegger, Maurice NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Search for long period companions of putatively single X-ray emitting Wolf-Rayet stars 2017B-0172 MtWilson CHARA 2
Ligi, Roxanne Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille Characterizing transiting exoplanet host stars with interferometry 2017B-0112 MtWilson CHARA 1.5
Linder, Tyler University of North Dakota Physical Properties of Near Earth Asteroids 2017B-0006 LCO 1m 20
Linder, Tyler University of North Dakota Physical Properties of Near Earth Asteroids 2017B-0006 LCO 2m 2
Liu, Tingting University of Maryland Monitoring Variability-Selected Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidates from Pan-STARRS1 2017B-0044 LCO 2m 3.8
Livingston, John University of Tokyo Exoplanet Validation for K2 Campaigns 12, 13, and 14 2017B-0334 KPNO WIYNQ 1
Ly, Chun University of Arizona Recalibrating Strong-line Metallicity Diagnostics for z > 1 Chemical Enrichment Studies, with T_e-based Metallicities from MACT and DEEP2 2017B-0268 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.38
Maas, Zachary Indiana University Phosphorus Abundances in the Hyades and Galactic Disk 2017B-0152 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 1.83
Malhotra, Sangeeta Arizona State University LAGER: Lyman Alpha Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization (LAEs at z ~ 7 with DECam) 2017B-0330 CTIO 4m 3
Mann, Andrew University of Texas, Austin Clusters with K2: systematics from membership and binarity 2017B-0089 KPNO WIYN 3
Massey, Philip Lowell Observatory The Wolf-Rayet Content of IC10: Probing the Nearest Starburst Galaxy 2017B-0064 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.02
McMillan, Robert University of Arizona Search, Recovery, and Astrometry of Closely-Approaching Asteroid 2012 TC4 2017B-0069 KPNO 4m 2
McMillan, Robert University of Arizona Early Followup Astrometry of Freshly Discovered High Priority Near-Earth Objects 2017B-0075 KPNO 4m 2
Melis, Carl University of California, San Diego Does SDSSJ195750.83+340404.4 accrete from a circumstellar disk made of a planetary core? 2017B-0086 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.09
Melis, Carl University of California, San Diego A Search for Pre-Main Sequence Spectroscopic Binaries in the Pleiades 2017B-0319 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 3.12
Metcalfe, Travis Space Science Institute Activity Cycles in Asteroseismic Solar Analogs 2017B-0009 LCO 1m 4
Miller, Bryan Gemini Observatory North Neighbourhood Watch: A Survey of Baryonic Substructures in the Nearby Universe 2017B-0312 CTIO 4m 3
Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey 2017B-0182 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3
Mukae, Shiro University of Tokyo IGM Tomography of the Enormous Lyman Alpha Nebulae 2017B-0354 LBT LBT-SVC 0.5
Nielsen, Eric SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center Orbits of Moving Group Binaries: Constraining the Ages of Planet-Hosting Moving Groups using GPI NRM Astrometric Monitoring 2017B-0261 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.14
Oszkiewicz, Dagmara Adam Mickiewicz University Testing the dynamical link between HED meteorites and V-type asteroids in the inner main belt 2017B-0008 LCO 1m 3.5
Peterson, Bradley Ohio State University The first spectroscopic dust reverberation program on a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy: case study Mrk 110 2017B-0079 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.01
Pineda, J. Sebastian University of Colorado Rotational Evolution of M-dwarf Magnetic Activity: Stellar Properties and IR Emission Features 2017B-0316 CTIO 4m 1
Pineda, J. Sebastian University of Colorado Rotational Evolution of M-dwarf Magnetic Activity: Connecting UV and Optical Emission Features 2017B-0317 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.47
Points, Sean Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Optical Spectroscopy of Supernova Remnant Candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud 2017B-0147 CTIO SOAR 2
Provencal, Judith University of Delaware Asteroseismology of a roAp star: A new pulsation mechanism at work? 2017B-0092 CTIO 1.3m 2.8
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2017B-0279 CTIO 4m 2.5
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2017B-0279 KPNO 4m 6
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Photometric Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption 2017B-0285 CTIO 4m 2.5
Rettura, Alessandro NASA Herschel Science Center The Gemini survey of the most distant galaxy clusters in the ~100deg2 Spitzer-SPT Deep Field 2017B-0332 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.11
Richards, Gordon Drexel University Discovery and Investigation into the Type-2 High-redshift QSO Population 2017B-0101 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.25
Rodruck, Michael Pennsylvania State University Stellar Populations in Tidal Tails 2017B-0326 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.36
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Ryan, Erin SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center Rotational Outliers in the Trojans: Are They All One Compositional Type? 2017B-0023 LCO 2m 0.9
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Salzer, John Indiana University Spectroscopy of Ultra-Low Metallicity Star-Forming Galaxies 2017B-0091 KPNO 4m 5
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Schambeau, Charles University of Central Florida Characterizing the Activity and Behavior of Comets in the Centaur-to- Jupiter Family Transition 2017B-0155 KPNO 0.9m 7
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Scott, Nic NASA Ames Research Center Investigation of Exozodiacal Dust Disk Host Stars 2017B-0096 KPNO WIYNQ 2.8
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Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects: Towards a Massive Planet in the Outer Solar System 2017B-0325 GEM-N GEM-N 1.5
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Smith, J Allyn Austin Peay State University Targeted Samples of the Hot Stellar Content in the Southern Sky 2017B-0245 CTIO 0.9m 11
Smith, J Allyn Austin Peay State University Targeted Samples of the Hot Stellar Content in the Southern Sky 2017B-0245 CTIO SOAR 4
Smith, Verne National Optical Astronomy Observatory Accurate Stellar Characterization for Kepler Extended Mission (K2) Exoplanet Host Stars 2017B-0264 KPNO WIYN 8
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Stroe, Andra European Southern Observatory Cosmic tsunamis: the effect of shocks on star forming cluster galaxies 2017B-0077 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.74
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Van Belle, Gerard Lowell Observatory NESSI Survey of Potential Low-Mass Exoplanet Hosts 2017B-0164 KPNO WIYNQ 4
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Walter, Frederick Stony Brook University Synopic Spectroscopy of Bright Novae: A Feasibility Study 2017B-0019 LCO 1m 2.9
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Williams, Kurtis Texas A & M University Stellar Forensics via White Dwarf Proper Motion Measurements 2017B-0104 KPNO 4m 3
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Zenteno, Alfredo Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Clash of Titans: a dynamical study of a sample of massive galaxy clusters undergoing extreme mergers 2017B-0302 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.44
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